BILLIONAIRE IN THE DARK

Chapter 9: Lara

"Ahhhhhhh" my phone ringing woke me up from sleep. I slept by 5 this morning, I'm so tired right now.

"Aghhhh" my phone rang again, it seems like they can't even let me sleep in peace.

So I grabbed my phone at my bedside table and when i checked the caller ID, it was my mom and there is like 5 missed calls from both Emma and Frank each. When I picked the call, I immediately heard of a sigh of relief from the other side of the line.

"Ahhh, thank goodness you are alive" she said making me laugh. Trust my mom to overreact at little things.

"Mom stop overreacting" I said while laughing

"I am not. It's just that I have been calling you since and what do you expect from a mother that did not hear anything from her daughter a day after a wedding? My baby, you cant ......"she said rambling which I had to interrupting unless she will go on forever.

"Mom, stop, I'm just waking from sleep. In fact it is your call that woke me up from sleep. So don't worry your daughter is fine and well" I said smiling and a little sad because I'm not really used to being far from my mom "And mom I miss you"

"I miss you too, my love" she said and I heard her blow her nose.

"Mom, stop it. Don't cry, please" I said, because that's the only way I could comfort her right now. I wish I was around her.

"It's just that it is my fault you are there, and I'm really, really sorry, my love" she said and she went silent. I know she is trying to hold her cry.

"Mama I have been saying it since when I told you about the wedding and I will keep on saying it. You are not at fault. If you think of it in another way. I would have done something much worse than this case just for your medication. So on the bright side, this is more convenient. So mama dont blame yourself" I said with my eyes full of tears. I just cant cry for her to hear.

"Ok baby, I will stop thinking that way. Anyways...." she paused a little and continued "how is your day going? What did you eat for breakfast?" she asked, her voice now stable

"Eat? Mama it's still early" I said laughing at her question

"Early? Lara do you know what time it is?" Mama said with voice tone changing which made me check the time on my phone and it is 12PM.

Fuck! f**k! f**k!

"I heard that. Language" oh I said that out loud.

"Sorry. It's just that I'm just waking up. I was really tired yesterday. You know......" I said but she interrupted me

"Oh Lord" I can imagine her slamming her hand on her face in disappointment "Your first as a married woman and you are already lazing out. That's bad. That's bad" She said with a very serious tone

"But mom. You should understand. I'm just...." I said but she cut me off again before I could finish talking

"You have no excuse, young lady. Now stand up, freshen up and leave that room. Later you can tell me everything but for now. Don't make him see you as a lazy woman in her late 20s even though he is but that let's leave his lazy. Think of yourself and your pride a little" she said with her discerning and serious voice. Thank goodness I am not there. I would have gotten a little beating from her

"Ok ma" immediately I said it she cut the call. I know what that means, I have to get ready quick because I know before 30 minutes, she will call me in a video call to make sure I am not jobless.

After I freshen up, I wore a black leggings and big red top and went down to the dinner room expecting a meal but surprisingly, there was nothing.

Ohhhhhhkkk

Before I could call Mr. Stephen, I heard a shout "Noooooo" which made me scared and I traced where the noise came from to the living room but what I saw was expected and unexpected. Nathan was sitting back on the couch, with both legs curled up, holding a bowl of popcorn on his lap and he shouted again "Noooo, dont go there" he was so concentrated in the movie that he did not notice when I entered and I am slightly close to the couch at his side. And when I checked the movie, I think it was a horror movie which made me irritated.

So this is what he does all day, enjoy his life lavishly while his father work and pays for everything in his life. Sometimes I wonder a guy at 30 will be so unserious about life and future.

"hmmm hmm" I hmmed to get his attention because I'm sure even though I stand here all day, he won't notice me until the movie end. And luckily, it got his attention

"Oh sorry, have you been here since" he said shocked

"Not so long" i said "but long enough to confirm that you are indeed who they said you are" I whispered to myself

"Sorry I did not notice you. So what do you need?" he asked then stood up and start walking closer to me and that's when I saw what he was wearing. He was wearing a T-shirt and a short trouser or should I call it boxers because it was really short, did he wear this to seduce me or what. Because from this trouser, I can see that his d**k is not seeing space to breathe

Wait why am I thinking of his huge d**k. Stop it. Dont think of how big and how it will be ..... Lara stop it. You are a well trained woman. Sooo stop it. I have never......

"Sooo what do you need" he said interrupting my thoughts and that's when I noticed he was already close to me and when I looked at his face, he was smirking. Why? but thank goodness he interrupted me because I dont here where my head was going to.

I coughed a little to clear my throat and speak " It's just that where is Mr. Stephen and I thought breakfast will be ready like yesterday" I said looking at his shoulder because there is no way I am looking at his face when my head is not thinking well.

"Ohhh that" he paused to clear his throat "Mr. Stephen or the house helps don't come until 6pm every day. I forgot to tell you"

Ohh, that's why no one woke me up.

"Are you hungry? If you, I can make something delicious for you to eat" he said looking at me. he said delicious, or maybe he meant poison because there is no way he can even boil water correctly.

"No noo no. Don't worry, I am not really hungry. You can continue what you are doing" immediately I finish talking my stomach growled loudly, which made Nathan laugh a little bit

of course it just has to betray and embarass me.

"It seems your stomach disagree with that" he said, then laughed again and started exiting the living room.

"Where are you going" I said following him at his back

"To the kitchen of course. Don't worry, you will like" he said still walking to the kitchen.

Oh Lord, is this how I will die. Of food poisoning

Then he laughed

Did I say that out loud

I just ignored his laugh and prayed in my mind while following him to he kichen that today wont be my last day on earth.